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W. Bryant Tyrrell collection

 Collection
Identifier: 00241
Scope and Contents Electronic resources consist of digitized images of the glass lantern slides, video slides of those images, and digital and digitized documents including drawings and notes, articles and pamphlets written by Tyrrell, and publications that reference him or his work.The glass lantern slides depict images of birds taken by W. Bryant Tyrrell. Images include ospreys,red shouldered hawks, turkey buzzards, blue birds, barred owls, bald eagles, ravens, hummingbirds, ducks, and bobwhite...
Dates: 1924 - 2013
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Walter J. Carrier papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00138
Scope and Contents

The Walter J. Carrier papers consist of correspondence, government publications, scrapbooks, and volumes collected by Carrier during the years 1914-1931. The correspondence reveals Carrier's deep pacifistic beliefs. His views on such issues as World War I and the American intervention into Haiti and the Dominican Republic in the 1920s are of particular interest. The scrapbooks contain several pieces of correspondence as well as newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1914 - 1931
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Warren O. Goodwin papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00157
Scope and Contents This collection is divided into three main series: Personal, Business, and Publications.The Personal series is arranged into subgroupings: Confidentially U.S.A., The Muckraker, Correspondence, Corruption, Court Cases, and Clippings. These are followed by folders dealing with diverse subjects. The Muckraker and Confidentially U.S.A. were Goodwin's attempt to publish his saga of corruption in the federal government. The clippings were to be included in his monographs. Goodwin's...
Dates: 1893 - 1974
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Wesley Fishel papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.95
Series Description (1) BIOGRAPHICAL FILES. 1940-1948, 1955-1977, undated. 0.2 cubic feet This series provides a broad overview of Wesley R. Fishel's professional life. Included are resumes, academic appointment papers and award certifications received by the scholar. Materials in the first nine folders reflect the beginnings of Fishel's early academic career, such as his appointment as an instructor of political science at UCLA. This series is arranged chronologically by subject.(2) ...
Dates: 1921 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1939 - 1977
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

Wilbur B. Brookover papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.156
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the reminiscences of Edna Brookover, wife of Wilbur, about the Quonset Village, which was built as temporary housing to accommodate the new faculty members and their families at Michigan State College (now Michigan State University). The collection also includes an undated paper by W. B. Brookover entitled "The Role of the University in the American Community."

Dates: 1990, undated
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William A. Wiltberger papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.283
Scope and Contents The William A. Wiltberger papers reflect a large section of Wiltberger’s life, from the 1920s to the 1970s. They include material from his work as an educator, a police officer, an Air Force Colonel, and his membership in the International Association for Identification, the International Association of Police Chiefs, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. The correspondence series spans the dates 1925-1942. This series includes several letters from the FBI personally...
Dates: 1922 - 1978
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William Farquhar papers

 Collection
Identifier: UA-17.360
Scope and Contents

The William Farquhar papers contain Farquhar's vita as well as reports and articles written by Farquhar about academic achievement, motivation, and counseling. Also included is the report "1976 Inventory of Summer Project Resources Region V, Migrant Education Project Directors Report Full Technical Report Part II" from the Montcalm Area Intermediate School District Region VI Migrant Education Program.

Dates: 1965 - 1995
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William J. Hale papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00176
Scope and Contents The collection is arranged into 17 series: Biographical Materials; Personal Papers; Correspondence; Speeches; Publications; Biographical Files; National Agrol Co.; Verdurin Co.; patents; Research Notebooks; Reports/Hearings; History of American Chemical Industry; Subject Files; Audio / Visual materials; Ephemera; Microfilm; and Oversized material. The series are summarized below.BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS Newspaper clippings, bibliographic lists, publications, autobiographical...
Dates: 1906 - 1959; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1959
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections

William James Beal papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.4
Scope and Contents The William J. Beal papers consist of correspondence, publications, and materials relating to his work as a student at Harvard University. The material from Beal's years at Harvard includes course notes on anatomy, geology and ornithology as well as a detailed journal which Beal wrote in 1862. This journal includes comments on individuals as well as events of the period.The correspondence is not extensive but contains several letters from Asa Gray as well as a typescript copy...
Dates: 1859 - 1940
Found in: University Archives and Historical Collections